Appointment with
Adventure (1955-56)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE
April 3, 1955 to April 1, 1956
CBS Sunday 10:00-10:30 (Live)
Executive Producer David Susskind
US Adventure Anthology series 195-56 53 episodes x 30 min
Directed by:
Robert Stevens, Murray Susskind, Robert Costello
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CBS Sunday 10:00-10:30 (Live) (3Apr55 to 1Apr56)
1.01 Appointment With Adventure: MINUS THREE THOUSAND
03-Apr-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Louis Jourdan ....... Inspector Beaumont
Claude Dauphin ....... Inspector Bolbec
Mala Powers ....... Monique
Synopsis:
A man falls for his friends wife during their exploration of the caves in the
Pyrenees.
*Note Pilot for the 1955 TV series "Paris Precinct".
1.02 Appointment With Adventure: FIVE IN JUDGEMENT
10-Apr-1955 CBS Sun
written by Douglas Taylor
produced & directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Patricia Breslin ....... Sally
Paul Newman ....... Mack
Jack Lord ....... Bill
James Gregory ....... Roy
Henry Hull ....... Paul
Frank McHugh ....... Salesman
Jeff Harris ....... Danny
Frank Overton ....... Man
Synopsis:
During a violent dust storm, two brothers traveling across country,
seek shelter at the Paradise Diner run by Bill and his wife Sally. There are two
other locals having coffee and a traveling salesman who frequents the diner.
While listening to the radio for storm reports, they learn that a young 16 year old girl
has been murdered and the sheriff is looking for two young men in connection with her death.
Thinking they have the culprits, the patrons at the diner try to take matters into their own hands.
1.03 Appointment With Adventure: THE FATEFUL PILGRIMAGE
17-Apr-1955 CBS Sun
written by Rod Serling
directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Theodore Bikel ....... Richter
Viveca Lindfors ....... Erica
William Prince ....... Ed
George Macready ....... Paul
Martin Kosleck ....... Pttp
Olga Fabian
Synopsis:
An Ex-GI visits a German town he helped capture during World War II.
He comes to see the changes, and to find a girl who nursed him when he was wounded. [RF]
1.04 Appointment With Adventure: THE QUIET GUN
24-Apr-1955 CBS Sun
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Macdonald Carey
Geraldine Brooks
Neville Brand
Synopsis:
The time is 1890 and the place is a small town in the Southwest. Danger comes
in the form of a wanted outlaw, who has imprisoned the doctor. The townspeople
prepare for a fight, but the sheriff only sits and waits. [RF]
1.05 Appointment With Adventure: RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS
01-May-1955 CBS Sun
written by Stanley Niss
starring
Polly Bergen
Dane Clark
Hugh Reilly
Synopsis:
The sister of a smuggler is coerced into making a romantic play for a diplomat
in order to get him to bring gems into the United States in his official pouch. [RF]
1.06 Appointment With Adventure: THE HOUSE ON GELLEN STREET
(aka Escape From Vienna)
08-May-1955 CBS Sun
written by Eugene Francis
starring
James Daly
Elaine Stritch
George Voskovec
Erik Rhodes
George Grizzard
Synopsis:
In a Vienna Cafe an American girl sings for the last time before she goes to London.
But tomorrow is a long time away, tonight two men from her past may change the course of her life.
1.07 Appointment With Adventure: PRICELESS CARGO
15-May-1955 CBS Sun
written by Newton Meltzer
starring
Arthur Franz
Leora Dana
Synopsis:
An unscrupulous American runs guns to aid a revolution on a small island near Cuba.
His interests are purely mercenary, but a beautiful girl finally pierces his hard shell of cynicism.
1.08 Appointment With Adventure: FORBIDDEN HOLIDAY
22-May-1955 CBS Sun
written by Ian Martin
starring
Phyllis Kirk
Peter Cookson
Jerome Thor
Synopsis:
While traveling incognito in Italy, the daughter of a U.S. Senator meets and falls
in love with an exiled American gangster. Sure that this man loves her for herself alone,
the girl ignores her father's warnings and objections.
1.09 Appointment With Adventure: STRANGER ON A PLANE
29-May-1955
written by Jerome Coopersmith
starring
Sheila Bond as Marilyn
Jack Weston as Wilson
Charlotte Rae as Beverly
Richard Derr
Synopsis:
Looking forward to adventure and romance, a working girl takes a vacation in the Caribbean.
She gets off to a promising start when she meets a rather mysterious man on the plane.
1.10 Appointment With Adventure: PERILOUS JOURNEY
05-Jun-1955 CBS Sun
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Eva Gabor
Michael Evans
1.11 Appointment With Adventure: THE SECRET OF JUAN VALDEZ
12-Jun-1955 CBS Sun
written by B. Loring
starring
Robert Middleton
Betsy Palmer
1.12 Appointment With Adventure: RACE THE COMET
19-Jun-1955 CBS Sun
written by Mann Rubin
starring
Kim Hunter
Gene Barry
Conrad Janis
1.13 Appointment With Adventure: HONEYMOON IN SPAIN
26-Jun-1955
written by Julian Claman
starring
Paul Newman
Monica Lewis
1.14 Appointment With Adventure: CARIBBEAN CRUISE
03-Jul-1955 CBS Sun
written by Jerome Ross
directed by Paul Bogart
producer Robert Costello
starring
Tony Randall
Gena Rowlands
Naomi Riordan
Melville Ruick
John Boruff
Ray Bramley
Synopsis:
Two young women take an ocean cruise looking for adventure and romance. [RF]
1.15 Appointment With Adventure: CRASH LANDING
10-Jul-1955 CBS Sun
written by Ian Martin
starring
William Prince
Georgiann Johnson
Frank Overton
1.16 Appointment With Adventure: RETURN OF THE STRANGER
17-Jul-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Joan Lorring
Theodore Bikel
Lin McCarthy
1.17 Appointment With Adventure: DESPERATE GAME
24-Jul-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Maria Riva
Richard Derr
Patricia Englund
Gregory Morton
1.18 Appointment With Adventure: THE SNOW PEOPLE
31-Jul-1955 CBS Sun
written by Eileen Pollock & Robert Mason Pollock
starring
Gloria DeHaven
1.19 Appointment With Adventure: NEVER TO KNOW
07-Aug-1955 CBS Sun
starring
John Baragrey
Denise Lor
1.20 Appointment With Adventure: THE ROYAL TREATMENT
14-Aug-1955 CBS Sun
written by Joan Cunningham
starring
Dane Clark
Edie Adams
Don Keefer
1.21 Appointment With Adventure: FIVE STAR CRISIS
21-Aug-1955
starring
Barbara Britton
Hugh Reilly
1.22 Appointment With Adventure: MASQUERADE
28-Aug-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Patrick O'Neal
Janice Rule
Robert Clary
1.23 Appointment With Adventure: THE PIRATE'S HOUSE
04-Sep-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Jack Klugman
Gena Rowlands
Tony Randall
1.24 Appointment With Adventure: WHEN IN ROME
11-Sep-1955 CBS Sun
written by Newton Meltzer
starring
Geraldine Brooks
Charles Drake
1.25 Appointment With Adventure: DANGEROUS MAYHEM (aka Dangerous Haven)
18-Sep-1955 CBS Sun
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Philip Abbott
Luana Anders
Herbert Nelson
Synopsis:
A young girl and her mother retreat to a small guest cabin on the Maine coast to escape from the world. [RF]
1.26 Appointment With Adventure: DESTINATION FREEDOM
25-Sep-1955 CBS Sun
written by Art Wallace
starring
Jason Robards Jr.
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2.01 [27] Appointment With Adventure: THE ALLENTOWN INCIDENT
02-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
written by Richard Overholt
starring
Pat Hingle
Cameron Prud'homme
Lin McCarthy
2.02 [28] Appointment With Adventure: NUMBER SEVEN, HANGMAN'S ROW
09-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
written by Joan Cunningham
starring
Biff McGuire
Joyce Smight
2.03 [29] Appointment With Adventure: THE HELPING HAND
16-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
written by Peter Turgeon & David Sureck
starring
Patricia Benoit
George Macready
Martin Kosleck
2.04 [30] Appointment With Adventure: PATTERN FOR THIEVES
23-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
starring
Neva Patterson
2.05 [31] Appointment With Adventure: DARK MEMORY
30-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
written by Irving Werstein
starring
Lili Darvas
Louis King
Synopsis:
An American couple, living in an Italian village, is intimidated by the mysterious housekeeper.
She has a reason for wishing harm to her employers: Her son was killed during
the war while on a raid led by the American man. [RF]
2.06 [32] Appointment With Adventure: STATE OF SIEGE
06-Nov-1955 CBS Sun
story by Robert Louis Stevenson
starring
Gene Lyons
Sarah Marshall
Synopsis:
A young Canadian goes up to a small island off Nova Scotia to collect his inheritance
left to him by his grandfather. His plan is to get his money and leave, but the townspeople
have other ideas. They want him to stay and take over where his grandfather left off. [RF]
2.07 [33] Appointment With Adventure: STAGE FRIGHT
13-Nov-1955 CBS Sun
written by Eugene Francis
starring
Louise Allbritton as Norma
Synopsis:
A policeman comes to interview an actress as she prepares for opening night.
He tells her she's suspected of being in league with an escaped criminal.
The conversation is overheard by a boy sitting on the fire escape outside the
dressing-room window, waiting to ask the actress for her autograph. [RF]
2.08 [34] Appointment With Adventure: RELATIVE STRANGER
20-Nov-1955 CBS Sun
written by Irving Werstein
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
Hurd Hatfield
George Voskovec
Synopsis:
An American girl uses some of the legacy of her late father left her to visit relatives in Copenhagen.
There she learns that blood is not always thicker than water. [RF]
2.09 [35] Appointment With Adventure: TIME BOMB
27-Nov-1955 CBS Sun
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Chester Morris as Lt. Kizer
Jeanne Bal as Fran
Fred Eisley as Tom
Synopsis:
Police receive a crank letter informing them that a bomb will be placed in a busy railroad station.
If the anonymous informant is right, hundreds of people are in danger. The bomb must be found. [RF]
2.10 [36] Appointment With Adventure: ESCAPE
04-Dec-1955 CBS Sun
written by Art Wallace
starring
George Grizzard
Philip Abbott
Addison Powell
2.11 [37] Appointment With Adventure: A SWORD HAS TWO EAGLES
11-Dec-1955 CBS Sun
written by Robert David Burke
starring
Patricia Collinge
2.12 [38] Appointment With Adventure: THE BIG MISTAKE
18-Dec-1955 CBS Sun
written by Peter Turgeon
starring
Russell Nype
Peggy McCay
2.13 [39] Appointment With Adventure: A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS
25-Dec-1955 CBS Sun
starring
James Daly
2.14 [40] Appointment With Adventure: MUTINY
01-Jan-1956 CBS Sun
written William Bruckner
starring
Dorothy Malone
John Ericson
2.15 [41] Appointment With Adventure: THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
08-Jan-1956 CBS Sun
written by Art Wallace
starring
Richard Carlyle
Geraldine Brooks
2.16 [42] Appointment With Adventure: SUBURBAN TERROR
15-Jan-1956 CBS Sun
starring
June Lockhart ............ Barbara Pollard
Carl Betz ................ Walter Pollard
Henry Jones .............. Abel Higgins
Synopsis:
A frightened wife awaits her husband's late return, fearful that the burglar
who has been operating in the area will strike at any
moment. [RF]
2.17 [43] Appointment With Adventure: BETRAYAL
22-Jan-1956 CBS Sun
Written by Irving Werstein
starring
Bramwell Fletcher ........ Franz
Eva Stern ................ Marianna
Synopsis:
On the eve of her wedding, a German girl faces tragedy. Her father,
who is working against the communists in the
Eastern Zone; is betrayed and captured. [RF]
2.18 [44] Appointment With Adventure: THE BATTLE OF HEWITT HILL
29-Jan-1956 CBS Sun
written by Harold Gast
starring
Nancy Berg
Lin McCarthy
2.19 [45] Appointment With Adventure: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
05-Feb-1956 CBS Sun
starring
John Cassavetes
Tina Louise
Betsy Von Furstenburg
Lin McCarthy
2.20 [46] Appointment With Adventure: NIGHT SHADOW
12-Feb-1956 CBS Sun
written by Doug Taylor
starring
Don Taylor
2.21 [47] Appointment With Adventure: TILL THE END OF TIME
19-Feb-1956 CBS Sun
written by Irving Elman
starring
Signe Hasso
Jeffrey Lynn
Synopsis:
A girl working for Radio Free Europe gets word that her husband,
behind the Iron Curtain, is dead. Unaware that her information is false,
she becomes romantically involved with a fellow
worker. [RF]
2.22 [48] Appointment With Adventure: PARIS VENTURE
26-Feb-1956 CBS Sun
written by Eugene Francis
starring
Patti Page
Martyn Green
Synopsis:
An American girl comes to Paris to pursue a singing career. She meets two
puppeteers who have a vast influence on both her life and her mother's. [RF]
2.23 [49] Appointment With Adventure: HIGH STAKES
04-Mar-1956 CBS Sun
written by Finis Farr
directed by Paul Stanley
producer Robert Costello
starring
Murray Matheson
Joe Maross
Lynn Bailey
David White
Eric Sinclair
Carl Low
Synopsis 1:
A former card shark tries to go straight, and his old police nemesis has
him trap another card shark in a rigged game. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The scene is a swank dude ranch in Nevada. A man and his daughter are enjoying
a quiet backgammon game when suddenly he sees someone enter the lobby. He rushes
to his room and is in the midst of hurried packing when a man enters,
and his past catches up with him. [TA]
2.24 [50] Appointment With Adventure: CAREER
11-Mar-1956 CBS Sun
written by Art Wallace
starring
Margaret Phillips
Synopsis:
A girl, working for the Allies in Germany during World War 2,
meets and falls in love with a German Officer. [RF]
2.25 [51] Appointment With Adventure: A THIEF THERE WAS
18-Mar-1956 CBS Sun
starring
Jason Robards Jr.
Christopher Plummer
Constance Ford
2.26 [52] Appointment With Adventure: DEVIL
BEAST
25-Mar-1956 CBS Sun
starring
Phyllis Love
Lee Philips
Synopsis:
The wife of a young Alaskan fur trapper is about to leave
her husband when
disaster strikes. [RF]
2.27 [53] Appointment With Adventure: TWO FALLS FOR SATAN
01-Apr-1956 CBS Sun
starring
Forrest Tucker
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UNKNOWN AIRDATES/Possible AKA's
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BRIDGE OF THE DEVIL
26-Jun-1955 (same date as Honeymoon in Spain)
written by Julian Claman
THE INVISIBLE TRAP
17-Jul-1955 (same date as Return of the Stranger)
written by Alvin Boretz
SPORTING CHANCE
24-Jul-1955 (same date as the Desperate Game)
written by Joan Cunningham
DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT
21-Aug-1955 (same date as Five Star Crisis)
written by Harold Gast
TO AN ISLAND WITH YOU
04-Sep-1955 (same date as The Pirate's House)
written by Douglas Taylor
STRANGER IN RIO
23-Oct-1955
written by George Baker
THE FUGITIVE
05-Feb-1956(same date as All Through the Night)
written by Harold Gast
ATOM CITY
written by Alfred Brenner
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